Biotus Oy, a Finnish company developing biological pest control, acquired KeepLoop mobile microscope for resale. The mobile microscope developed by VTT and commercialized by KeepLoop is used in the quality control of the graphic industry and in school education. Pest recognition represents a new breakthrough for KeepLoop.
Adhesive traps are a traditional way of identifying pests in farms. Adhesive traps catch pests, such as thrips, whiteflies and mosquitoes. Detailed microscope images of the pests can be captured with a mobile phone that has a KeepLoop mobile microscope attached in front of the camera. Precise pictures taken with the mobile phone normal camera application can be sent to Biotus for analysis, even with WhatsApp. Based on the analysis, suitable control insects are selected.
Here is a microscope image of a mosquito pest in an adhesive trap.
Here is a microscopic picture of parasitoid wasps Encarsia Formosa used for controlling whiteflies.
You can also take microscope videos with Keeploop. Here's a video of a Amblyseius swirskii mite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI-cbttwnR0
KeepLoop has been featured in the events of Finnish Glasshouse Growers’ Association and the Finnish Fruit and Berry Farmers Association and it has been acquired extensively for use by farmers.